The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-03
RAMsLEs ABOUT EUROPE.
from EnsIand to Esypt.

side, iHassne, and certainly no less delight
fal for the Stranger vino takes up his tempo
rars aboSe at the sheibSurne,~ which
claims the proud distinction Of being the
only hotsl in Ireland that possesses an ei..va-
tor. or as they call il here with a good dad
OF junction. :. lit" We look out from aus
window upon beautiful park oont4inius
perhaps forty acres right in the helrt oi the
city. II is laid of artistieally. abounding in
walks and drives and seIuesterei hooks.
There is miniature lakes and waterfalls
rocky elevations and smooth shayen lawns
where the children gambol and frolie ami
even big uncouth men stretch themselves
out and smoke their pipes. The trees are. Of
course. numerous and Of every variety adap-
ted to the soil and climate OF the Emerald
Isle Many are in full bloom, and together
with the posies that deck the Landscape,
exhaIe an odor that is decidedly pleasant, if
not delicious | have seen many larger parks
but none that combined all the beauties Of
nature with the artistic and useful TO such a
degree as the s.. Stephens Green-laid out as
@1EN tAAA1aAaCtt l4A0 tlAAAAttA ANsts
Near Dublin i the celebrated Ph0nix Park,
containing l, 760 acres with a circumference
of seven miles Il i claimed for il ;iiat ths
Phoenix Is the largest artificial park in the
world. II belonged. in ancient times, To the
knights Templar In the fourteenth centa-
~ the possession passed into the hands Of
the Knights Of ST John, Of Jerusalem, out
WIS confscated by Henry VIII when the
mania seized him for suppressing all the
monasteries in the land. Bat what has.
perhaps, given more notoriety TO this park
than- anything else in connection with it,
was the assassination Of Lori Frederick Cav
endish and Mr. Burke within view of their
own gates in May lSs2 We were shown
the exact spot where the crime was commit
ted Ii was of additional interest 10 "a, per
haps. from the excitement aroused all over
the land by the recent publication in the
London Tines of an alleged Jtae-siaiis letter
from Mr.. Parnell approving the crime. Fan
cy such an accusation brought agasnst men
honored by their counsrymen, like james G.
Blaine, OF > J Tilden, and it viii giveyou
an idea of the esteem in which Mr.. Parnell
i held here by one political party, and the
yigor with which the forgery was denounced
will not be wondered at. The park, as might
be supposed, is a fine body of land, where
tame deer Craze in large herbs like cattle on
u western ranch. IL appears 90 me TO be Of
too great an AREA 30 be of much utility Cen
tr;ll Park, New York. certainly excels il in
pictnresqueness and iIl-sxteni is large enough
for al practical purPoses. We spent an hour
at III zooloeic.i gardens, being highly enter
iainel with a sight Of -cyon lusiy linn whelIs
seven months obi. tl.s offspring Of a single
pair The Blri~l eurus ouiang-a rare
sight. bearing iie n ar'-t u-cmhlanee 70 the
human fora Z hsas SO @rn- Of coErse
there was the usual display ~ animated na-
ture on exhibition she ish. flesh and fowl
of all climates and al lands. which the small
boy Of cur party. meiaphorically speaking,
deyoured cariliverously.
Havingour ill OF THIS We drove to the bo-
tanical gardens, and want to say right here
that the tourist who fails 10 ' take in these
gardens misses the rarest treat to be found in
Dublin or vicinity The garden consists Of
IS acres. once owned by the poet Tiekell,
great friend Of Addison. the author, a you
will remember, of the Spectator" The
latter resided here at one time, As well Is
Swift, and other poets OF lesser note. The
founding of the garden dates back 10 1880
- IL III s:......,, q =, ,.-I...
voted the means to enable the Royal Dublin
society TO purchase the ground and maintain
it, and they do maintain it right royalty
We used to think Shaw gar,ien Al ST. Louis
something wonderful After enjoying the
delights of the Botanical Garden of Glasnev
ms ieasting their eyes on the multitudes Of
flowers OF all the shades and eolors. as well
as forms laEniliar to as then take into ac-
count the untold number Of the varieties Of
strange shape and varied hues that greeted
Us on the right and left n we passed through
the giass-coyered houses. the air close and
heavy with their rich perfumes into other
apartments and other buildings, where every
creeping vine and every cactus of chemical
extraction, along with such giant trees as
the palm. and tall shrubs A. the bamboo,
reared their heads a proudly a. il their roots
were planted on their native soil Seeing all
this and more too. ferns Of all nations and
descriptions, yes, Shaw garden in o1mpari-
son i nowhere. Now don't sJrruise that
Dublin Is all park or garden from What We
have written ~ on the contrary, qUite the
reverse. Why, there are objects Of inierest
enough in the capital city Of Ireland io ill
small book, but am only going to glance
at a few Of them First and foremost l. the
bank Of Ireland. Now bank building. aS a
rule, i anything but interesting. particular
ly to the individual that has a note living
past due within it, precincts But if you
were 10 convert the capital building at Tope-
ka. Kanas. into bank land worse things
have happenell hundred years hence the
tourist from the new Republic Ireland,
might think It worth his while to be con
Quoted by lacky through some Of the cor
ridors and be shown. for instance, the hall
where one Pomery met signal defeat at the
hands of the Duke Of York, etc. The Bank
of Ireland occupies the former house Of par
lament in College Green--the original sight
OF Carey hospital, erected IN the sixteenth
century We were shown the house OF lords,
in which the chairs are in their places the
long table in the centre, and the fine old
tapestry. in a good state Of preservation, still
adjoining the walls The site Of the throne
Is occupied by statue of King George H.
other rooms once used for committee pur-
poses, are now occupied by various offices Of
the bank Trinity College Is opposite the
bank II IS huge structure. occupying an
entire block. At the entrance are statues
of Goldsmith and Burke, and in College
Green close by Is an admirable statue Of ,
Grauan. The names College Green and
Gr.lttan sound familiar to 4 Wachita man.
Is there such thing a. history repeating
ITSELF If 80. the rambler can take fresh
hope from this coincidence There Is
much more 70 be said about old Trinity. but
| must hasten ON. by divers ways pas; the
selves at the cathedral ofSt Patrick. built ON
the site where ST Patrick baptized his con-
yertS presumably in the year 40. One Of
the kings of Scotland worshippei in it in
the year $50. and whilst it underwent many
changes as the centuries rolled away, Crom-
well used il as a law court, and James II as
a stable, In various parts Of this immense I
building are tablets and inscriptions, some
spesanf sou,.. r,n.lar,l Thor, il ara.. of D.saf,